LAO & TA OI MOLAM LAOS, by KINK GONG 2013

LAO & TA OI MOLAM LAOS

by KINK GONG 2013

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	1.	IMPROVISED MOLAM (SHADOW PUPPET CREW) 13:38
	2.	LAO MOLAM TRIO 04:24
	3.	LAO MOLAM TRIO 03:14
	4.	LAO MOLAM TRIO 07:03
	5.	LAM SARAVAN LAO MOLAM TRIO 06:12
	6.	LAM SIPANDONG LAO MOLAM 08:48
	7.	TA OI MOLAM DUET 13:12
	8.	TA OI MOLAM DUET 04:46

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LAO & TA OI MOLAM IN LAOS

Molam singing technique is the epicentre of popular southern Lao culture, this culture goes beyond the southern lao community in Laos and is widespread among the Isan province of north east Thailand and various ethnic minorities in southern provinces of Laos have adapted to this lao musical form of improvisational lyrics. The main instrument that goes with the lam (singing) is the khene (mouthorgan) of 16 bamboo tubes, here on this cd another instrument is also being played on the tracks recorded in Champask, the bowed 2 stringed instrument
Various styles of Molam exist, related to the place of origin, like the Lam Si pan dong (4000 islands), or Lam Saravan, usually with the addition of a drum. The improvised lyrics goes from serious to more trivial subjects, from quiet to dancing tunes, from acoustic to blasting sound systems.

1 IMPROVISED MOLAM (PALATEU SHADOW PUPPET CREW)
2, 3, 4, 5, 6 performed by 3 old LAO men Bounthavy Namnakhon sings. Tong Lo Khoun plays saw., Khamphan Kikounphan plays khene in Champasak city, Champasak province, sung in Lao
7, 8 performed by 2 TA OI persons, ONG a 32 years old Katang (highlander) TA OI man and KEO a 50 years old TA OI woman are performing original improvised duet, using a Lao khen (a 16 bamboo tubes mouthorgan) singing responding to each others, in Tad Lo, Saravan province, sung in Ta oi language.

RECORDED BY LAURENT JEANNEAU IN NOVEMBER 2013
IN CHAMPASAK WITH YVES BERNARD

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released November 22, 2013

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kinkgong Berlin, Germany

Under the name KINK GONG you find 2 activities, the 1st one is to record ethnic minority music mostly in south-east Asia, the 2nd is to transform, collage, recompose the original recordings into experimental soundscapes.